Association of metabolic syndrome with testosterone and inflammation in men.

Objective: There is limited data on the assessment of relationship between sex hormones, metabolic syndrome (MS) and inflammation. Therefore, our objective was to examine the relationship between metabolic syndrome, testosterone and inflammation.

Patients And Methods: It was a cross-sectional study which included 309 subjects in the age range of 30-70years.

Association of serum testosterone with lipid abnormalities in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease.

Context: Low testosterone levels are associated with an atherogenic lipid profile and may contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

Aims: Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum total testosterone (TT) levels and lipid profile in angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease (CAD) in men.

Settings And Design: This is a case-control hospital-based study at Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka.